On Wed, 07 Mar 2007, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 03:14:49PM +0200, Kari Pahula wrote: > > A snapshot from http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/gr_non_free_tally.txt: > > Option 1---->: Choice 1: Cease active support of non-free [3:1 > > majority needed] > > / Option 2--->: Choice 2: Re-affirm support for non-free > > |/ Option 3-->: Choice 3: Further Discussion > > ||/ > > V: 213 ajt Anthony Towns > > > > The rest of you: would you still vote like you did in 2004, if > > the issue was brought up again? > > Yes. I think non-free is an excellent "slippery slope" to get people to > make their software free -- once you start getting involved in the free > software community, and you have the opportunity to enjoy working with a > wide community of hackers and contributors, you want to get more involved. > Non-free is one way of starting down that path.
I didn't mention this in my answer, but it was the main reason for my vote in 2004. My very first package (sympa) started in non-free and was moved to main later, when I convinced upstream that being in main was so much better for their visibility in the free software world. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
